The arresting burnt (tip) orchid is the county flower of Wiltshire.  We went hunting for it the other day on Salisbury Plain at a remote site we know where it can be found.  We were not disappointed.  Although the site...

Back in January I confessed to having become something of a net zero sceptic.  I wrote: "I am unconvinced that the present (and next) UK government policies and plans around cutting greenhouse gas emissions will be effective or cost-effective.  I...

The well known Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, is stepping down as an MP at the next election.  She's going to become a death doula.  This daunting but hugely worthwhile role might just be easier than trying to survive Green...

That's the sound coming from Whitehall as civil servants congratulate each other on their ability to cut the prices of new battery electric cars – BEVs – with reductions of around 20% now being reported as manufacturers struggle to sell...

Alas, all is not well in North Britain.  It used to be said, and not just by North Brittons it should be noted, that they did things differently up there, did them better – and did them yesterday; that is,...

Thanks to NAEE for the link to the Labour Party's ideas on schools, underwhelming though they are.  They read like the jottings of an intern sitting in one of Ed & Bridget's decaf coffee breaks. A lot of hope is...

When we bought our electric car in 2014, no one explained that it wouldn't be able to go as far as promised in Winter or when it was cold in Spring or Autumn.  Being charitable, I'm assuming that the retailer...

It's a commonplace claim that the realisation of commercial nuclear fusion reactors is always around 20 years away.  It seems to be no different today despite the huge increase in private sector cash flowing into development.  What I didn't realise...

Did you see that Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an audience in London: “We have two years to save the world.”  I didn't and am grateful to Dominic Lawson in  The Times...

Here's a rather impassioned article from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit [ECIU] about the significance of the UK's ~1% on-shore [*] contribution to global emissions.  It's the Tesco argument. It essentially says that although 1% is small compared with...